Matteo Garrone

Matteo Garrone (born October 15, 1968) is an Italian filmmaker. His notable works include Gomorrah, Reality (2012), Tale of Tales (2015), Dogman (2018), Pinocchio (2019) and Io capitano (2023). He is a ten-time David di Donatello Award (3 for Best Film, 4 for Best Director, 3 for Best Screenplay) and three-time Nastro d'Argento Award winner, among other accolades.

Early life and education Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi. His maternal grandfather is actor Adriano Rimoldi. He is graduate of Liceo Artistico Ripetta.

Career In 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997.

Garrone won the European Film Award for Best Director and the David di Donatello for Best Director for Gomorrah (2008). His film Reality (2012) won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The Nastro d'Argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director for Dogman. He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).

In 2019, Garrone was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2024, his film Io capitano (2023) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, representing Italy.

Filmography

Director

Short films Silhouette (1996) Bienvenido espirito santo (1997) Un caso di forza maggiore (1997) Oreste Pipolo, fotografo di matrimoni (1998) Before Design: Classic (2016) Delightful (2017) Entering Red (2019) Le mythe Dior (2020) The Tarot Deck (Le château du tarot) (2021)

Feature films 1996 – Terra di mezzo 1998 – Guests (Ospiti) 2000 – Roman Summer (Estate romana) 2002 – The Embalmer (L'imbalsamatore) 2003 – First Love (Primo amore) 2008 – Gomorrah (Gomorra) 2012 – Reality 2015 – Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) 2018 – Dogman 2019 – Pinocchio 2023 – Io capitano

Producer Silhouette (1996) Terra di mezzo (1996) Ospiti (1998) Estate romana (2000) Mid-August Lunch (2008)

Awards and nominations

Collaborators Garrone likes to work with the same team of filmmakers, often hiring cast and crew from his previous films. Regular members of the 'team' include:

Collaborators Terra di mezzo Guests Roman Summer The Embalmer First Love Gomorrah Reality Tale of Tales Dogman Pinocchio I'm capitanMarco Onorato (Cinematographer)Marco Spoletini (Editor)Domenico Procacci (Producer)Jean Labadie (Producer)Jeremy Thomas (Producer)Paolo Bonfini (Production designer)Dimitri Capuani (Production designer)Massimo Cantini Parrini (Costume designer)Banda Osiris (Composer)Alexandre Desplat (Composer)Massimo Gaudioso (co-writer)Ugo Chiti (co-writer)Maricetta Lombardo (Sound)Ciro Petrone (actor)